PERSONAL ITEMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 48, Issue 14608, 6 March 1922, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Aliss A. Bary, L.A.8., has accepted the position of honorary pianists to'the Alasterton Alusical Union. The appointment of Itdbina J. Green to be postmistress and telephonist at Whakataki, is gazetted.

Air Alexander Duncan, who has been principal ligktkeeper at Cape Saunders has been appointed to the same- pO3 & L\t Gastlepoint.

Tlio Revs. J. T. Macky and G. s*. Brown (eft to-day for Wellington to afctend a meeting of the Presbyterian chaplains’ committee. They will return on Wednesday. It is rumoured (states the Otago Daily Times) that overtures ar e being made to Sir Joseph Ward to assume the leadership of the United Progressive Liberal-Labour Party. A London cablegram states that Sir Gordon Hewart, -who has been Attor-ney-General for England since 1919, has been raised to the peerage on his appointment as Lord Chief Justice.

All G. R. Ash bridge, who has been in. charge of the Pahiatua baths for thee J-asf two months, has been appointed wireless operator on the steamer Ka.iwarra, and left for Auckland to-day. Air Roderick Paterson, the Welling- • ton marine superintendent of the Union Steam Ship Company, will retire from, tiie company’s service at the end ojßk this month, having reached the ment age. \

A quiet wedding was solemnised at, Dnnne\ irk e last week, when Miss AdaBond, fifth daughter of Air J. Bond, of: Dannevirke, was married to Air HenryBoyden, youngest son of Air W. Boy den. of Pahiatua.

It is understood that as a result of an. appeal by officials who were superseded, Air W. Jackson, who was recently transferred from the Alasterton Post Office, as postmaster at Port Ahuriri, is to be re-tran-sfered, possibly to Masterton.

At the annual meeting of the Masterton Professional Musicians’ Association on-Saturday,'the following officerswere elected:—President, Air A. B. Wallace (re-elected); vice-presidents, Mr Reihaiia Boyes and Airs Blaek; secretary and treasurer, Aliss V. Hampton. The death of Air Robert Breen removes one of the most prominent and respected Labour leaders in Dunedin. lor more than twenty years htk has* been in the forefront of all locai-m'»ve-ineuts for improving the position of the workers, and in the course of his activist ties held many important tions. Several local unions owo formation ana success primarily to hi® efforts, and in the conduct ]of his official duties, which at times were necessarily difficult, he won the esteem of a wide circle of friends inside and outsale the movement... \ \

The retirement ,after twenty-seven years’ service with the Union Steam onip Company, is announced)' of- Captain A. M. Edwin. Captain Edwin com* me,need his seafaring career as fourth mate on the Tarawera, and!has been, engaged in various capacities on numerous vessels since. In 1913 he waae appointed to the command of the Wa-hine—-a short time after hervarrival afc Wellington-— and was in/charge of thes vessel when she went- Home under orders to the Admiralty/- uapbain Edwin was master of the R.M.S. Marama (then being used as a hospital ship) on v a. voyage to England and back, and for * period occupied the bridge on the Willochra when that vessel was being utilised for -transport purposes. Ho subsequently rejoined the Wahinc as masterin the Wellington-Lyttelton ferry service, and his last command was th&l R.M.S. Tahiti. H e is a son of the latM Captain R. A. Edwin, .R.N., who for many years Government meteorolog;-

Mr. T. W.Rapley, who was manager' for the South Island of the Austrafation Provincial Assurance Association* has been appointed general manager? for the whole of New Zealand. H® was horn in Wanganui, and educated at the Wanganui Collegiate School. entered the Government service and eventually became postmaster at Straitford, where, amongst other things, in? wa,s connected with the Government Life Asurance Department. He was extremely popular among the people of Stratford, and -successfully smoothed out many administrative difficalties. Leaving the Government service he became manager of the Equitable- Life,, and afterwards was associated with, the National Mutual Life. The directors of the Australian Provincial. Assurance Association were not long in, realising his value as a man of great: capacity and business acumen. After being their manager for the South Island with such success, we feel sure"] that greater business will bo don<d throughout New Zealand with Mrj§ Mr. Rap ley as general manager. Mr/r Rap Joy as general manager. Mrcontinued in this profession there iw no doubt ho would have been equally successful. His many friends throughout the Dominion will be' pleased to learn of his advancement.